Wild strike. Trade union betrayal debate. Safety stops and chaos in public transport.
The issue of solo work on Stockholm’s commuter train has been a recurring theme this year. According to The work ST, one of the trade unions that organizes staff on the commuter trains, now claims that MTR buried a report on the risks of working alone.
The contractor MTR, which runs the traffic on behalf of Region Stockholm, is said to have hired a consulting company to evaluate work environment risks around stress and recovery. ST believes that MTR violates the Work Environment Act by not allowing safety representatives to access the material.
Now the union wants the client to put pressure on its contractor.
“The report probably contains scientific conclusions that speak against lone work being allowed,” ST’s union lawyers write in a statement to the region.
On the MTR commuter trains, press manager Niklas Ekström downplays the drama. According to MTR, the union receives information on an ongoing basis, however, the report requested is not ready.
“As the project has not been completed, we have so far not seen the need to share all the documentation in its entirety with the protection organization,” he says to Arbetet.
The traffic administration in Region Stockholm, which is behind the decision on the solo work, has previously announced that the agreement with MTR will not be extended.